Technology Makes the “e” in e-Discovery Stand for Easy

It may be a slight exaggeration to claim e-Discovery could ever really be easy. The tremendous amount of information created and stored electronically makes complying with rules of discovery in civil litigation a challenge. And that is never easy. But avoiding court sanctions and penalties for non-compliance — not to mention the staggering cost of collecting and reviewing the data — is the goal of any legal team, and with the right technology tools, managing the e-Discovery process is as easy as it can be.

Automating and standardizing your e-Discovery process will help you keep it consistent. For example, project templates can be used for to set up dedicated and repeatable workflows for each stage. These templates create uniformity, and help you get up and running quickly when you create a new workspace.

Advanced technology is your friend. Less than half of in-house council use technology-assisted review — and even they use it infrequently. Having systems helping early in the review process can help counter a protracted disputes/litigation. And that makes your life easier.

End-to-end is your friend. Centralizing your e-discovery processes into one end-to-end system will allow you to standardize procedures. It will also minimize technical headaches, like incompatible data. And as your team becomes more adept at using the system, overall efficiency will increase.

These three tips can help simplify your e-Discovery process, reduce costs, and give you more time to focus on building your case.

Better still, systems are evolving now to be predictive during the actual contracting process so as to help identify potential future risks before they happen.

ContractRoom exists to do just that! The benefits are simply too significant to ignore. Its “conditional collaboration” controls make executing contracts a safer and happier contracting process to begin with. Also, the system strives to point out red flags during the contracting process so as to avoid an inevitable breach due to a missed deadline or deliverable. Moreover, if there is a breach, ContractRoom has a record of all the parties involved in the contract build-up, and history of all their back-and-forth, which could dramatically cut discovery process should a dispute/litigation arise.

See ContractRoom in action to learn how technology can make your e-Discovery easy.